News Details

Williams: Sirotkin was the best driver available

Williams have spoken out against Sergey Sirotkin's pay driver tag, adamant he was the 'best' option available to the team. Sirotkin will make his Formula 1 debut this season, racing alongside Lance Stroll at Williams. And, like the Canadian, he has joined the team with the help of some serious financial backing with reports suggesting his sponsors have paid £15million for his drive. Whether those numbers are correct or not, chief technical officer Paddy Lowe insists Sirotkin is the best man for the job. 'We selected him as the best driver available to us, bar none,' he told Autosport. 'We're confident that he will be very quick, very consistent, very calm in his working – and I...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lowe: Sirotkin best driver available for Williams

Sergey Sirotkin will be on the 2018 Formula 1 grid with Willimas who...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

New Williams looks 'cool and agressive' - Sirotkin

Williams' new recruit Sergey Sirotkin got a glimpse of his team's 2018...
8y ago from F1i.com

2018 Williams F1 ‘more aggressive’ – Sirotkin

Sergey Sirotkin says Williams' 2018 car is 'much more aggressive' than its...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Sirotkin a pay-driver? A pure lie, says backer...

Russian billionaire Boris Rotenberg once again denied that protégé...
8y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry on top in Croatia

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are on track to claim Hyundai’s...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Player ratings: Arsenal 1-2 Bournemouth

Arsenal were dismal in defeat as they hosted Bournemouth in the lunchtime...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

'It’s a big problem' - Former Premier League star...

Former Premier League player, Yannick Bolasie, has slammed Arsenal duo,...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Talks ongoing for months as Arsenal look to snap up...

AS Monaco attacker Maghnes Akliouche has been linked with a move away from...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Didn’t help' - Arsenal star places blame on 'dry...

Arsenal striker Viktor Gyökeres blamed the ‘dry pitch’ at the...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.